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Select desired character² by double-clicking. It will be inserted into the text box below. Hit "Copy" then go to your post, postion your cursor and hit "Ctrl + V". This will place the character into your post.³

Here are a few characters that you can insert into your post from here using Select, Copy, Paste.

¹ If you know the Unicode equivalent of the character you want then you don't need this. ² Selecting the same font as in your post will maximize character compatibility.³ Not all characters will convert.

For the life of me I will never understand why people will pay hundreds and thousands of dollars on a TV that provides the clearest, sharpest, most realistic picture possible and then, voluntarily, distort the image!

Also, since it's not permissible to trademark a proper name or title for that matter, the USPTO would never approve the registration ® of a proper name or title either.

The new copyright law would not necessarily render the copyright null with those infractions because a copyright now has been derfined as inherent, or automatic even without the copyright announcement. All the statement does is advise others that you are aware of your rights and when (what year) that copy was created. However, it is important that the statement, if made, properly identify who owns the work. More specifically only two entities may own a copyright, a person or a corporation.
It cannot be owned by your pet, your car, or a symbol or logo.

And just for you Nick... If you ever see me making lots of typos, it's probably because I am tapping this out on my PDA keyboard.

For the life of me I will never understand why people will pay hundreds and thousands of dollars on a TV that provides the clearest, sharpest, most realistic picture possible and then, voluntarily, distort the image!

When you are wanting to type a character using the Alt + numbers, the numbers at the top of the keyboard won't work. At least they don't for me. I FINALLY figured out that I have to use the numbers on the keypad. I had been just highlighting and copying the characters as per Nick's suggestion.

A great big THANK$ goes out to Laverne for rescuing this thread -- you ro¢k, girl! -- and to everyone else for your imaginative character offerings and for turning the thread into something actually resembling £un, almost.

(¯`'•.¸ ? ¸.•'´¯)

Despite being thoroughly lambasted early-on for my clever (¿borderline genius?) idea for this thread (envy, jealousy, or, perhaps, even begrudging admiration?), I feel √indicated and proud, yet humbled that I have made yet another small, but impotent contribution to mankind in its never-ending quest to better communicate with his (or her, as the case may be), fellow man ♂, woman ♀ or whatever :stickman:.

Now, once again, and believe it or not, I dare to offer yet another useful tidbit to the benefit of you people, my fellow humans...

Keep a small, readily accessible text file of the special characters you use most frequently. Then you can easily access it to copy/paste to your heart's desire even if you are working off-line, or don't want to take the time to drill down to this thread. Add new 'discoveries' to it regularly and you will soon have a handy library of squiggly doodles at your precious little fingertips.

For the life of me I will never understand why people will pay hundreds and thousands of dollars on a TV that provides the clearest, sharpest, most realistic picture possible and then, voluntarily, distort the image!

For the life of me I will never understand why people will pay hundreds and thousands of dollars on a TV that provides the clearest, sharpest, most realistic picture possible and then, voluntarily, distort the image!

My comment was meant to educate too since so many are confused with the do's and don't's of the TM and copyright nuances. I don't see the benefit of educating others to the special character sets with examples that are wrong in another discipline, do you?

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